Oblique

(noun.) any grammatical case other than the nominative.

(adj.) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; 'the oblique rays of the winter sun'; 'acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles'; 'the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base' .

校对:普拉特

• After numerous experiments, in which the dimensions of the screw were successively diminished, the propeller was at length reduced to two oblique blades. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The screw projected at the stern, and being turned rapidly round by the steam engine, the oblique action of the thread of the screw against the water impelled the vessel forward. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The difference was owing to the screw slipping in the water, because the fluid yielded to the oblique action of the blades. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The oblique band of sunlight which followed her through the door became the young wife well. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Each of these parts was then sub divided into ten seconds, which were indicated by dots arranged in tran sverse oblique lines on the width of brass. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• By this oblique motion, the island is conveyed to different parts of the monarch's dominions. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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